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Ron Shelton (Bull Durham) wrote and directed the basketball-oriented seriocomedy White Men Can't Jump. Woody Harrelson plays Billy Hoyle, a white con artist who hustles basketball games with black players, lulling his victims into the misguided notion that white men can't match up with black hoopsters. One of his victims, African-American Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes), becomes Hoyle's "agent," arranging his various inner city scams. Deane doesn't feel as though he's selling out his own people; he goes along with Hoyle to provide a better life for his wife, Rhonda (Tyra Ferrell), and son. The film breezes through several zany sequences, including one liberal-baiting satirical moment set at a black/white "solidarity" basketball game arranged by an ambitious politician. Crooked gamblers intrude upon the last scenes of the film, but Hoyle is rescued by his girlfriend, Gloria (Rosie Perez), a Jeopardy freak who realizes a lifelong dream by winning big on the Alex Trebek-hosted game show. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Movie Title : White Men Can't Jump
Release Date : Mar 27, 1992 Wide
Genre Movie :Drama,Comedy
Mpaa Rating : R
Actors :Woody Harrelson,Wesley Snipes,Rosie Perez,Tyra Ferrell,Cylk Cozart,Kadeem Hardison,Ernest Harden Jr.,John Marshall Jones,Marques Johnson,David Roberson,Kevin Benton,Richard James Baker,Ronald Beals,Bill Caplan,Eloy Casados,Lanei Chapman,Sonny Craver,Pete Duffy,Donald Fullilove,Amy Golden

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TagLine White Men Can't Jump It ain't easy being this good.

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This picture is packed with fun, but it doesn't really go anywhere.
Jonathan Rosenbaum-Chicago Reader

A double-whammy slam-dunker of a movie.
Stephen Garrett-Time Out

This film unfolds in an uncommonly sweet, harmonious climate, one in which rude remarks are the sine qua non of friendship. And that benign atmosphere becomes a large part of its charm.
Janet Maslin-New York Times

What Shelton fails to provide is a coherent structure; the film is wearyingly repetitive.
Peter Travers-Rolling Stone

For the most part, it's a provocative one-on-one between racial opposites Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.
Desson Thomson-Washington Post

Here is a comedy of great high spirits, with an undercurrent of sadness and sweetness that makes it a lot better than the plot itself could possibly suggest.
Roger Ebert-Chicago Sun-Times

Hustlin' hoops tale with too much skin for kids.
Heather Boerner-Common Sense Media

Even basketball-phobes will enjoy it.
-Film4

Succeeds only intermittently.
-TV Guide's Movie Guide

Amusing and fun.
Luke Y. Thompson-New Times

Episodic by enjoyable. Rosie Perez steals this one.
Dan Lybarger-Nitrate Online

A pretty terrific and very different kind of sports comedy.
Rob Thomas-Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Rosie Perez steals the movie from the two male leads
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat-Spirituality and Practice

Basketball really isn't the central theme. It is really about relationships, loyalty and honesty, qualities in short supply among hustlers.
Robert Roten-Laramie Movie Scope

A hilarious white-black buddy comedy that manages to not feel completely contrived. Snipes is excellent.
Brian Mckay-eFilmCritic.com

Apparently white men can't write scripts very well, either.
Alex Sandell-Juicy Cerebellum

Mostly, it rocks.
Bob McCabe-Empire Magazine

Occasionally very funny dialogue is not enough to rescue a story about the lives of two basketball hustlers who basically live for the game.
Mark R. Leeper-rec.arts.movies.reviews

Shelton's film is so raggedy that it never finds its focus, despite another terrific performance from Snipes, one of the finest actors in movies today.
-Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Shelton's enthusiasm is remarkably refreshing, but it's not enough to mean well, and we don't know much more about these people or their world at the end than we learn at the beginning.
Louis Black-Austin Chronicle

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Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) and Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.


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